A few weeks later after much scurrying about, the following six senseis had all agreed to appear: Yasuo Kobayashi, Mitsugi Saotome, Yoshio Kuroiwa, Kanshu Sunadomari, Shoji Nishio, and Morihiro Saito. Gozo Shioda, the founder of Yoshinkan Aikido, had initially accepted our invitation, but later withdrew for reasons I may write about someday…